Su Chiao-hui MLY |
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蘇巧慧 | |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
Assumed office 1 February 2016 |
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Preceded by | Huang Chih-hsiung |
Constituency | New Taipei 5th |
Personal details | |
Born |
Taipei, Taiwan |
5 April 1976
Nationality | Republic of China |
Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
Spouse(s) | (m. 2008) |
Children | 2 |
Parents | Su Tseng-chang and Chan Hsiu-ling |
Alma mater |
National Taiwan University Boston University University of Pennsylvania Law School |
Su Chiao-hui (Chinese: 蘇巧慧; pinyin: Sū Qiǎohuì; 5 April 1976) is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer.
Su Chiao-hui was born in Taipei. She obtained her bachelor's degree in law from National Taiwan University. She then obtained her Master of Laws and Doctor of Juridical Science from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Su Chiao-hui was a trial lawyer who did pro bono work for people in poverty. While working for Formosa Transnational Attorneys at Law, a firm founded by Fan Kuang-chun and John Chen, Su was mentored by Wellington Koo. She has also served as executive director of her father's Eball Foundation starting in 2012.
Su defeated Ou Chin-shih and Liao Yi-kun in a Democratic Progressive Party primary held in March 2015 to win her party's nomination for the fifth constituency of New Taipei City. She defeated Kuomintang incumbent Huang Chih-hsiung, who had held the seat for three terms.
Su is the eldest daughter of Su Tseng-chang and Chan Hsiu-ling. Su's husband, Lungnan Isak Fangas, is an Amis filmmaker.